Chapter 100 Where is the Silver

When Chen Jin came back, his face looked fine, but after taking off his clothes, there was not a single piece of healthy flesh on his body.

It can be seen that he suffered a lot outside today.

But in Li Mingzhu's mind, he deserved it.

So when he came back, Li Mingzhu didn't even want to look at him.

"My lady, my lady, I was wrong. If it weren't for you today, I would have died outside, my lady!"

Chen Jin was crying with tears and snot, looking more miserable than ever before. He knelt on the ground and hugged Li Mingzhu's legs.

Li Mingzhu tried to break free, but he held her tightly, so she had no choice but to curse.

"I would rather you die outside, so that I can live as a widow with Sister Yan, and it will be just the two of us!"

"My wife is kind-hearted and will definitely not treat me like this. But I am so sorry to her. I am afraid I can't fill this huge hole!" Chen Jin was still crying.

As soon as these words came out, Li Mingzhu's heart skipped a beat. "What a huge hole! Didn't I pay back the one thousand taels today?"

After she asked, a guilty look clearly flashed across Chen Jin's face.

Seeing this, Li Mingzhu became more alert and stared at him and asked questions.

"Tell me, what else are you hiding from me?"

"I, I owe a total of 100,000 taels."

"How many?!"

The number shocked Li Mingzhu so much that she stood up suddenly.

"One hundred thousand taels, what about today's one thousand taels? Are you trying to kill me? Where can I get one hundred thousand taels?"

Chen Jin shrank his neck, "One thousand taels is the interest. I paid the interest today, and they will give me another month's grace. Their interest is frighteningly high. I don't know how they calculated it. Now, in such a short time, I owe a hundred thousand taels."

After saying this, he hugged Li Mingzhu's legs and cried, saying that he would die if he couldn't pay her back.

At this moment, Li Mingzhu was angry and scared, and her whole body was cold.

Although the Chen family had some money, they were not a wealthy family. Of course, they could afford 100,000 taels of silver if the whole family came up with it. But if Li Mingzhu was alone, they couldn't come up with 100,000 taels of silver even if they killed her.

Li Mingzhu really wanted Chen Jin to die and put an end to it all.

But she was also thinking about what Liu Qiao said today. Liu Shun Tang had the support of the government, so even if Chen Jin died, the 100,000 taels would have to be returned.

Without Chen Jin, how would she and her daughter live in the Chen family?
A divorced woman who returns to her parents' home with a child has no way to survive.

Money, where to get the money.

When Li Mingzhu was in a daze, she remembered what Feng said during the day.

Yes, the third brother and his wife are rich.

The one-tenth share given by Chen Huaiqian was of no value, but the half of the dowry left by his biological mother Zhou in Chen Zhi's hands was all money.

Especially these store businesses, which are now doing a booming business, and I don't know how much money they have made. And if the Zhou family has been keeping his dowry for all these years and all the profits from the shops are given to Chen Zhi, that would be another huge sum of money.

And there is Xu Shuhe.

She also knew that Xu Shu, the only daughter of the Xu family, also brought a generous dowry when she married into the family.

This couple must have a lot of money.

Thinking of this, Li Mingzhu picked up Chen Jin, who was kneeling at her feet.

"Let's go see my mother-in-law."

Chen Jin naturally didn't want to go, but Li Mingzhu said that if he went, there would be a way to save him and pay back the money. Hearing this, Chen Jin hurriedly followed her, and the couple rushed to Wanshuangzhai.

Floating Cloud Residence.

Xu Shuhe was a little surprised when he heard that the second brother and his wife went to Wanshuangzhai.

"What are you doing at Wanshuangzhai at this late hour?"

"I don't know either. I just saw the person go and he hasn't come out yet." Meixiang said.

Xu Shuhe lowered his eyes, "Keep staring."

Meixiang nodded and walked out again.

Half an hour later, two people finally came out from Wanshuangzhai, and Meixiang also got the news.

When he came back to report, "It was said that the Second Young Master was fooling around outside again, and he pissed off the Second Young Master's wife, so she dragged him to her to seek justice. They were making a big fuss, and they said they wanted a divorce."

"Divorce?" Xu Shuhe frowned.

Meixiang nodded, "She said that the Second Young Master's wife was very angry. She listed all the difficulties she had experienced over the years and how useless the Second Young Master was. She also mentioned that the Second Young Master had gambling debts and wanted her to use her dowry to fill the hole. She told all of this."

Chen Jin is indeed a hopeless case. As for sympathy, Xu Shuhe still has some for Li Mingzhu.

It was indeed a bad marriage.

"It has now exploded." Xinyue gloated a little, "The Second Young Master came back very late today, so I guess he was fooling around outside."

"It's not just one or two days. Madam seems to treat the Second Young Master's wife well, but in fact, she suppresses and controls her very much. Even a rabbit will bite when it gets angry. Madam has always blamed the Second Young Master's wife for his incompetence over the years, saying that the Second Young Master's wife didn't discipline him well. I guess the Second Young Master's wife is also feeling aggrieved, so she made a fuss today. If they really get divorced, the Second Young Master will probably have a hard time getting married again, as his reputation will be bad." Meixiang also said.

Listening to what the two maids said, Xu Shuhe felt that there was some truth in it, but he still felt that something was not right.

After thinking about it for a while, I still had no clue, so I stopped thinking about it for the time being.

"Anyway, keep an eye on them. They always like to make trouble. Maybe they are up to something bad again."

The two maids nodded seriously.

And I thought this matter would just pass like this.

Unexpectedly, the next day, Chen Jin was taken away by Feng and scolded severely in front of Chen Huaiqian.

Afterwards, he comforted Li Mingzhu and gave her a lot of good things.

After all these operations, considering that last night Li Mingzhu dragged Chen Jin to Wanshuangzhai to ask Feng for help in getting a divorce, all these things seemed to be a natural result.

When Xu Shuhe heard the news, it dispelled some of his doubts.

Indeed, where there is oppression there will be an explosion. Li Mingzhu has been a daughter-in-law of the Chen family for several years. She has had an incompetent husband like Chen Jin, and her life has not been very smooth. It is understandable that she exploded.

If it were Xu Shuhe, they would have divorced long ago.

Thinking of this, and considering that the mansion was quiet for a while after this incident, Xu Shuhe put the matter behind him.

Business matters still attract her more.

However, on the first day of February, when he went to Wanshuangzhai to pay his respects to Mrs. Feng as usual in the morning, a small incident occurred.

"It's a good day, the second day of the second lunar month, when the dragon raises its head. I've been sick for a long time before the New Year, and I haven't been out for some fresh air since the New Year. Tomorrow you two can accompany me out of the house to Qingyuan Temple to burn incense and pray for blessings. It's just right. I heard that Qingyuan Temple is also effective in praying for children. My second wife hasn't given birth to a boy yet, and my third wife has been married for some time, but your belly is still not moving. We should go and pray for a child."

After she finished speaking, Li Mingzhu nodded immediately.

"What the mother-in-law said is true. My daughter-in-law used to go to Qingyuan Temple to worship Buddha often, but she hasn't been there for a while."

Then he looked at Xu Shuhe and said, "My sister-in-law should be fine, so we can go and worship together."